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Recent content by UFO

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    I think many NTs also struggle with social situations.

    Yes. Either with or without underlying diagnoseable deficits. Some even have it as bad as autistics. Or worse.
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    Autistic Burnout--what was it like?

    What makes all these examples autistic burnouts? What would be a good descriptive definition about what makes them different from normal burnouts? Edit: One answer is this https://www.autismforums.com/threads/autistic-burnout.41208/post-901864 I take that the burnout itself is not different, but...
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    Has anyone here just giving up on trying to read the recent Marvel and DC comics?

    Yes. Lot of dialogue choices, animations and cutscenes, minimal amount of traditional walking around and searching for hotspots to click, some easy quicktime-events which most of time you can fail without ending the game. Not much of a game, more of an animated movie. Typically 10 or less hours...
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    What was the last movie you watched?

    Nicolas Cage's Color Out of Space (2019), which is probably the best adaptation of the Lovecraft's story of same name I have seen. I know that there are movies from 1965 (Die, monster, die), 1987 (The Curse), and 2008 (Colour from the Dark) which I (think) have all seen, but Wikipedia gave me a...
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    How do I become more callous at work and not feel guilt?

    Those both reminds me of one drill sergeant who used to say to rookies: "Do not apologize, just correct the (add your favorite profanity here) problem/error/mistake". I have always been fond of that pattern of thought: more effective action, less meaningless words. Of course, apologies are an...
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    Do you get along better with people with autism or NTs?

    I haven't met much of NDs face-to-face as far as I can tell. There was one obvious case in my previous work place, but other than funny way of speaking he didn't feel any different from NTs. People I have got along with have never had any distinct features from others, just being able to read my...
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    What should be your most important goals in life right now?

    Breathing. Enjoying myself. Living as stress free life as possible (which include number 3 from Velociraptor's list) and maintaining personal finances in such way that I can afford proper care when the years start catching me (number 5 from Dagan's list). My spirit animal is probably a...
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    Poker chips

    As an association I thought to share my lucky charm I have kept inside my wallet for about 35 years. Not sure if it has worked, but it does remind me that "the house always wins"...
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    Has anyone here just giving up on trying to read the recent Marvel and DC comics?

    Both are among their best games. Very story heavy, not particularly faithful to the canon and established character personalities. The Joker is... sympathetic.
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    An important lesson for the intrepid explorer.

    I can confirm that both spruces and pines covered with thick and heavy snow do cover the sky efficiently. It is hard to say from which direction the sun shines unless it is a really bright day, as the snow creates ambient lighting dissolving shadows. Spruces and pines don't need even snow to...
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    What percent of your autism struggles relate to social interaction?

    A lot of text give context to everything. If I have a lot of relevant things to say, why hold them *)? It is like luring the other party to a trap by withholding information. No need to wonder "what he meant by that?". There is enough of those situations even with the TL;DR-length text 😁 *)...
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    An important lesson for the intrepid explorer.

    Yes, I agree, it isn't. My point about the subject was that it is just about the odds of getting conditions that lead to maximum thermal transfer between skin and air. She was unlucky in that sense. Even worse, if she wasn't wearing water-resistant, layered clothing, but was just counting on...
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    What percent of your autism struggles relate to social interaction?

    Let's see... I am most of time just fine with talking with people. No shyness, no anxiety, no lockups in most social situations. I am even proactive in situations and start conversation if I think that other party might find silence as awkward. Of course, if it would be only about me, then...
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    An important lesson for the intrepid explorer.

    Yes, that makes sense. I also suspected that perhaps it was a relief and happiness of getting some advancement on the case (first picture's lifted hands give that impression). Then I would understand it being caught on camera. But there wasn't any such context given so pictures felt as improper...
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    An important lesson for the intrepid explorer.

    Am I only one who finds it disturbing that two pictures of the research party shows people smiling so wide that it looks like they are having the time of their lives? Hmm... The article says both rainfall and near-zero temperature, which a bad combination. More freezing would be better because...
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